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Condé Nast and OpenAI's multiyear content deal
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In August 2024, Condé Nast signed a multiyear partnership letting OpenAI display and train on content from brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Wired, Vanity Fair and Bon Appétit within ChatGPT and OpenAI's SearchGPT prototype. Financial terms were not disclosed.
What was reported#
- Announced August 20, 2024, the deal covers Vogue, The New Yorker, Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit and other Condé Nast brands.
- Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch told staff in an internal memo it was a multi-year partnership intended to generate revenue to protect and invest in journalism.
- A Condé Nast spokesperson told TechCrunch OpenAI received permission to train its models on Condé Nast content.
- Content appears in ChatGPT and the SearchGPT prototype with attribution and links back to the original articles.
- Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed by either company, according to Reuters and Bloomberg.
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Sources
Public sources, checked 2026-10-09. SourceX is not affiliated with the organizations named.
- OpenAI: OpenAI partners with Condé Nast openai.com
- Reuters: OpenAI signs content deal with Condé Nast reuters.com
- TechCrunch: OpenAI signs deal to train on Condé Nast content techcrunch.com
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